Writing in the New York Times this week, Somini Sengupta highlights the escalating crisis in some of the world’s driest regions. Climate change is resulting in a “new normal” for people living in the remote arid regions of eastern Africa. Droughts have always been a part of life in these areas, but they were relievedRead More

This International Women’s Day, we wanted to share our thoughts about what empowering women means to us, and to the world. Since we started our resiliency-building poverty graduation program in the drought-stricken regions of eastern Africa, The BOMA Project has focused on women. Why? Two reasons. The first is that women—and children—disproportionately bearRead More

BOMA is featured on the CGAP “Learning from Different Approaches” blog. CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) is an independent policy and research center dedicated to advancing financial access for the world’s poor. Check it out: http://graduation.cgap.org/2013/10/01/the-boma-project-building-resiliency-in-the-arid-lands/

Big news from BOMA! CEO and founder Kathleen Colson has been selected as a Rainer Arnhold Fellow. Each year, this prestigious fellowship is offered to 16-20 social entrepreneurs around the world who have promising solutions to the biggest problems facing developing nations. The two-year fellowship helps them to expand their program—in our case, the RuralRead More

U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) entered a statement into the Congressional Record on March 21 that included a great mention of BOMA as a Vermont nonprofit with a “far-reaching contribution” that’s “doing innovative work to improve the lives of people overseas.” We’re grateful to Senator Leahy for this recognition, which also included a copy of aRead More

The Kibera slums of Nairobi are wild. It is muddy and smelly; it is vibrant and energetic. Hope lives alongside desperate poverty. It is a vestige of the flight from rural poverty to urban opportunity, where a new world awaits those who are willing to live amidst squalor in the hope of a better life. It is also aRead More